diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/locatorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/locatorwidget.cpp
index 93d02df0153..07e80e557f9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/locatorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/locatorwidget.cpp
@@ -483,7 +483,6 @@ void LocatorWidget::updateCompletionList(const QString &text)
 
     // cancel the old future
     m_entriesWatcher->future().cancel();
-    m_entriesWatcher->future().waitForFinished();
 
     QFuture<LocatorFilterEntry> future = QtConcurrent::run(runSearch, filters, searchText);
     m_entriesWatcher->setFuture(future);